How often do you use your steam mop?

[Chocaholic]

I use mine once a week. I do a complete clean of the house on Friday and Saturday. I always mop last so the floor is vacuumed and ready to clean.

I use the other mop for spills etc.

[LimeSlice]

I don't vac if I am about to mop - it never picks up as much as sweeping it

We have a Bissell one too - I am still in love with it and use it probably once a week for the whole house, but love how easy it is to spot clean with it (like when Charlotte doesn't quite make it to the toilet, or I spill things in the kitchen...)

But then I mopped once a week with the old one - this just takes literally a quarter of the time, is cleaner and I think I have already paid for the mop in terms of not having to buy the sponge ends for my Vileda.

[Ellee05]

I mop kitchen/dining everynight/every second night and the rest of the mopable floors once or twice a week. I love my steam mop.... so quick and easy.

[Jaffaz]

I am thinking about getting a steam mop, just need to find out how well they clean surfaces that are not smooth. Our kitchen has vinyl tiles that are non-slip so they have a gritt in them and they get filthy, I can't get the dirt out in certain places. Do you think a steam mop would be suitable for this??

Thanks (sorry for hijacking the thread).

[Ellee05]

Hi Jaffaz,

In this house that we are renting, it has the same sort of tiles and they drive me insane! I actually always comment that whoever designed them must not have cleaned floors themselves Anyway, I love my steam mop and I find if I regularly mop with it (which is quick and easy) then it certainly keeps them pretty good. But I still find in certain areas a good old hard scrubbing brush is needed every now and then. Areas like in front of the fridge. But then I'm a bit pedantic with my floors and my friend and DH always ask why I'm scrubbing because they're not bad. Do you know someone with a steam mop that you could borrow to have a test run? I just lent mine to a friend for a trial that was successful Good luck with your choice.

[Visitor7]

jaffaz - our old tiles were like that. Our steam mop cleaned them just fine.